Rattus palmarum

Rattus palmarum (Zelebor, 1869). Reise Oesterr. Fregatte Novara. Zool., (Wirbelthiere), Säugeth., p. 26. TYPE LOCALITY: India, Nicobar Isis, probably Carr Nicobar (Dr. K. Bauer, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, in litt.). DISTRIBUTION: Nicobar Isis, probably Carr Nicobar. SYNONYMS: novarae, palmarum....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guy G. Musser, Michael D. Carleton
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Rattus
Rattus palmarum
Carr
Rattus rattus
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7285040
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7285040
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Summary:Rattus palmarum (Zelebor, 1869). Reise Oesterr. Fregatte Novara. Zool., (Wirbelthiere), Säugeth., p. 26. TYPE LOCALITY: India, Nicobar Isis, probably Carr Nicobar (Dr. K. Bauer, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, in litt.). DISTRIBUTION: Nicobar Isis, probably Carr Nicobar. SYNONYMS: novarae, palmarum. COMMENTS: Known only by the few specimens in the original series. A distinctive species (Musser and Heaney, 1985; Musser and Newcomb, 1983) that may be related to the R. tiomanicus complex (Musser, 1986). Both synonyms are Fitzinger names dating from 1861 and are nomina nuda (see Miller, 1902:759). Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 657, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7353098

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